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RICHARD LEAGH, or LINwooo STATION, rENNsYLVANIm Letters PatentiNo. 73,818, dated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT Il\l .PICKER I'OR LOOMS.

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TQALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beitknown thatfI, RICHARD LEA'CH, of Linwood Station, in the county of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented n new and useful Improvement in Picker for Looms; and I do hereby declare that the following is s. full,"clea.r, and exnctrlescriptionthereof, which willV enable those skilled in the art to make -and use the same, reference being heid to the :tccompenying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents n side view of my improved picker. i

Figure 2 is a. cross-section, taken in the line a: z, tig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of a. picker for looms, and consists in arranging and securing strips of leather upon the stati' in such manner that the picker shall operate on the shuttle with superior eiect in driving it, and shrill be very durable, while at the seme time it is exceedingly cheap and easy of construction.

A is the stall', and B 1s a pad or cushion, formed oi" several strips of s,ole-leatl1 er, a a, laid side by side, and joinedtogether with pegs, or by sewing, the strips a a being placed ctlgewise against the steil', as shown in iig. 2. The pnd B, thus formed and placed upon the staff, is hound and heldin position by a. leather band, C, which passes around it, and is fastened at the laps `by a wire staple clasp, b, which runs through the laps of the band C und thc pad B, und has its ends clinched to fasten the Vbend and pad firmly together. By this fastening with e Wire-stople clasp, the shuttle is prevented from splitting the picker, and wearing in the leather beyond a certain distance. A- screw, c, is inserted throughthe band C into the buck of the picker-stelic A, which holds the picker in place, and prevents it from slipping.

Thepieker ca-n be made out of waste scraps vof leather, so that it costs only e. triie, and it will wear for an indefinite lengt-l1 oi' time without repair or renewal.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the pad B, hand C, staple-clasp I), and screw c, with the staiTA, all constructed, arranged, and operating as described.

RICHARD LEACH. Witnesses E. E. HINKsoN, W. C. GRAY. 

